Bruins and Canadiens at The Forum, this isn’t, but that’s all right, too, because nothing says the second round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs quite like Islanders, Hurricanes and Brooklyn.
“The door is wide open,” Mat Barzal told The Post following Thursday’s practice. “You see big teams like Tampa and Calgary go down, now Washington and Pittsburgh are both out, but we’re still here.
“The further we go, the further we want to go. Winning the Stanley Cup, it’s what you play for.”
This tournament represents a recess from historical storylines. No Crosby-Ovechkin. No Ovechkin-Trotz.